A women’s car rally was organised in the city on Sunday to empower women and boost girl child education. This year the car rally enters its seventh edition. Further, the event was organised by Association of Convent ex-students (ACES). Interestingly the event saw the participation of as many as 75 independent women who drove cars covering a circuit of 30 kilometres. The car rally was flagged off by Mayor Alok Sharma.
Every year the car rally has a theme and this year it was majorly focused towards girl child education. Eye catching and impressing slogans like ‘Khoob Paro, Khoob badho’ (Be lettered to touch heights) and ‘Shikshit Nari, Sashakt Samaj, (Educated woman, empowered society) marked the motive of the rally.
Before, Mayor Alok Sharma flagged off the rally; he also distributed books and other study material to girl children so that they can study at schools. One of the members of ACES Shashi Kumar Keswani told The Pioneer, “This car rally has entered its seventh year and was organized with a motive to educate children.” He also informed, “All the support we get from this rally is provided to the girl children to bear their education expenses. Further it is also organized to bring a small change in the society with education the girl child.”
Moreover, the cars participating in the rally carried slogans about the importance of girl child education, safety and respect for women in India. One of the participants Rashmi Gupta said that women empowerment is important as they can create positive atmosphere in the country.
It was notable that there were many ladies who have continuously participated in the event for the last few years. Further, the cash prizes were also announced to the winners and had a grand closure of the rally.
on, 1.74 lakh in Shahdol division, 3.08 lakh in Jabalpur division, 51000 in Narmadapuram division, 2.60 lakh in Ujjain division, 1.87 lakh in Bhopal division and 3.26 lakh members had been made in Indore division.